A parent believes an Invercargill primary school’s decision to axe a whānau class for its students is a backward step, but the school disagrees.

Emergency services are on the scene of a serious single vehicle crash on Stanley Street in Auckland central.

Three people have died this year on a piece of State Highway 1 between Cambridge and Piarere known as, and proven to be, a “death trap”.

The funding boost for projects across the country aims to make it safer to walk around towns and to schools.

Although the family of three were out at church at the time of the "well-involved" fire, one person was still sleeping in the flat below and had to be pulled out.

Hundreds of members of Te Rohe Pōtae (King Country) iwi Ngāti Maniapoto gathered in Te Kūiti to to hear the Crown deliver an apology three decades in the making.

“Dangerous” slumping and storm damage to a critical road link for the West Coast needs fixing urgently, locals say.

Another milestone has been reached in a company’s bid to build a $1 billion data centre near Invercargill, with a consent application lodged.

Dairy owners took to the streets in Auckland, Hamilton and Christchurch following the murder of dairy worker Janak Patel

A body, believed to be that of man who has been missing for five days after the dinghy he was in flipped, has been found.

The motorcyclist drove through a red light and crashed into a ute in Auckland - injuring three others.

The Government is dropping entrenchment of the anti-privitisation provision in the Three Waters bill after admitting it was a mistake.

Traffic management is in place and motorists are asked to avoid the area and expect delays.

Police said the third man being sought by police was pictured wearing a white hat, black hoodie and dark pants in CCTV footage.

The two occupants of the car had already got themselves out of the vehicle and were found by police on the beach after 30m fall.

A 54-year-old man has been arrested and charged with intent to cause grievous bodily harm after a child was found with a serious wound to their neck early on Sunday morning.

A migrant group is calling for the parents of murdered dairy worker Janak Patel to be given a fast track to permanent residency so they can stay and grieve with his widow and sister.

Pharmac has struck a deal to fund Trikafta, which those with the lung disorder say will change the lives of hundreds of Kiwis.

For more than a month, Wynton King's friends have taken it in turns to sit by his hospital bed as he fought to recover after brain and jaw surgery.

Sharon Rayner​, who was previously fined for breaching the Covid-19 Public Health Response Act, has been sentenced to two months in prison.